Valve and packing cartridge



May 24, 1938. R. v. FORD 2,118,300

VALVE AND PACKAGING CARTRIDGE Fil'ed Aug. 20, 1957 INVENTOR.

Bose-2T V. FORD j A TTORNEY I and features of advantage, some of which, tomaterial I! which is bonded to both the valve 26 applicable to other apparatus, and that I do not factory is rubber, placed in the shell in unvul-, limit myself, in .any way, to the apparatus of the canized position and then bonded to the shell and present application, as I may adopt various other valve stem by vulcanization. Other methods and "apparatus embodiments, utilizing the method, other resilient materials will be apparent to those within the scope of the appended claims. skilled in the art, and where only .a short travel 30 In 'the' drawing: is utilized, certainresilient materials bonded with Fig. 1-is a vertical cross-sectional view through heat-resistant cement may be utilized; In all a valve constructed in accordance with my in- I cases, however, I prefer not to allow the resilient 'vention, showing the valve in open position. material to bond to,the top of piston l4, and to Fig. 2 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, showing the prevent this I insert directly over the top of the 35 valve in closed position. piston a washer l9, preferably also of resilient Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken as indicated by material, and I have found that cellophane, or line 3-3 in Fig. 1... similar materials, are satisfactory, although paper Fig. 4 is a sectional view of another embodior thin fiber will also serve.

4o ment of my invention. In order to operate valve stem I6, I position 55 face block l2, which may be of any desired mashell 9 of the cartridge, this positioning washer Patented Mey24, 1938 4 Q f 2,118,300

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE;

VALVE AND PACKING CARTRIDGE Robert V. Ford, San Francisco, Application August 20, 1937, Serial No. 160,118 7 Claims. (Cl. 251-31) My invention relates to a valve, and more parterial, such as lead, fiber, or other material suitticularly to a valve jincorporating a'removable, able for use with the particular gases or liquid packing cartridge, adapted to withstand high it is desired to control'with the valve. This valve pressures. block I2 is inserted into and carried by a piston 5 'I'hisapplication isare-flling in part of original It, a portion of which slides freely in and co-- 5 application, Serial No. 42,024, filed September 25, I operates closely with shell 9, and this piston is 1935, for Valves. also provided with a piston shoulder l5 extending Among the objects of my invention are: To over the open-lower end of shell 9., provide a valve having a packing cartridge that I prefer to grind or otherwise smooth the joint is removable as a whole; to provide a high presbetween the piston shoulder and the end of shell 10 sure seal in a valve; to provide a packing gland 9 so that when the piston is retracted into the without rotating partsito provide a resilient packshell as far as possible, a gas-tight seal is formed. ing cartridge for a valve; to provide a valve and a The piston I4 is provided with a valve stem l6 removable packing cartridge therefor which is extending axially through the cylindrical shell 9, 5 particularly adapted foruse with high pressures; and terminating above the peripheral lip I0. 15 to provide a valve automatically compensating for I prefer to slightly roughen the .interior of. temperature changes; and to provide a simple, shell 9 above that portion bearing against piston efilcient valve, utilizing a unitary and removable M, and also to roughen the exterior surface of. the packing gland. valve stem l6, and to fill the open space-between My invention possesses numerous other objects the shell and the valve stem IS with a resilient 2o gether with the foregoing, will be set forth in the stem and the 'shell 9. The roughening may be following description of specific apparatus emdispensed ,with when a proper bond may be obbodying and utilizing my novel method. It is tained without it. v therefore to be understood that my method is One resilient material that I have found satisv My invention may be more fully-understood by' directlyabove the end of the valve stem, an opdirect reference to the drawing. v crating sleeve 20 sliding in arecess 2i in a valve In Figs, 1 and 2, a valve body I is provided with' handle extension 22, and having thereon a lateralthe usual inlet channel 2 surrounded-by threaded y ex ending flange 23 immediately above the end inlet wallsi, and an outlet channel 4 surrounded of valve stem IS. A ball 24 contacts the operat- 45 by threaded outlet walls 5. Connecting the two ing s ee a is forced? thereasainst by a sp in channels is a valve chamber 6 into which projects 25, both being within recess 2 I. The inner end of avalve seat 1. Extending into the valve chamberthe valv hand e t nsi n is pr vided with a 6 is a cylindrical unitary packing gland or carvalve handle extension flange 26, and the extentridge comprising an exterior shell 9,preferably or sion is provided with extensio'n threads 21130- I metal, and having aperipheral lip Iii on the upper Operating W thsim arthrefl-ds in a lock nut 28, end thereof fittingagainst a valve body shoulder h la ter being threaded to valve; body I and H on the main body of the valve, extending inwardly to bear against a positioning Immediately above the valve seat I is a valve washer 29 set directly on peripheral lip 10 of the having radial arms 38 extending inwardly to an annular ring 3! surrounding the valve stem to maintain the latter in central position. I do not, however, wish to be limited in any way to the use of this washer, as there are resilient materials which are sufllciently strong in themselves to prevent such lateral. displacement; nor do I desire to be limited to the use of this washer as extending across the top of the lip l0.

In its simplest form, and for low pressure valves, such a washer may wellbe dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 4, later described. In any case, the lock nut 28 may bear either directly against or through the medium of the positioning washer 29 to seal the lip I 0 of the cartridge in place without leakage, with direct metal-to-metal contact. The valve handle extension 22 is operated by the usual valve handle 32.

The operation of the valve, in Figs. 1 and 2, is clearly shown by comparing Fig. 1, indicating the open position of the valve, with Fig. 2, showing the closed position. When handle 32 is turned, the handle extension 22 travels toward the interior of the valve due to the threads 21. The resiliency of the packing material I! resists motion of the valve stem l6 at first, and spring 25 is compressed and this spring pressure is built up until the pressure is suflicient to overcome the resiliency of the packing material. The packing material distorts, and allows the valve stem to move the piston I out of the sleeve 9 and force the valve face l2 against seat I.

When the spring 25 is properly designed in weight, this closing of the valve will take place before handle extension flange 26 contacts the operating sleeve flange 23, and after the valve is closed no furthermovement of the valve stem and piston will occur, but the handle 30 may still be rotated until flanges 23 and 26 come in firm contact with each other to positively lock the valve in (losed position. If however, at any time thereafter temperature changes take place, whereby the parts should contract so that this positive lock is removed, the full pressure of the spring will still beexerted to maintain the valve closed thus preventing leakage under extreme changes of temperature. When it is desired to open the valve the rotation of the handle 32 is reversed; the positive lock will first be broken, and then pressure will be gradually taken from the valve stem by the removal of the compression of the spring 25. The resiliency of the packing material will then return the valve to its normal open position.

Inasmuch as the external shell of the packing gland or cartridge is firmly sealed to the valve body so that no leakage may take place at that point, and inasmuch as the resilient material is bonded to both the shell and to the valve stem, it

is obvious that there. can be no. leakage past the,

valve stem and out through the operating mechanism. The device is therefore well adapted to withstand high valve chamber pressure, such as would occur when the valve is applied to compressed gas tanks where the pressurereduction devices are positioned on the outlet side of the valve.

Furthermore, it will be obvious that by the re- 'moval of the lock nut 28 the operating mechanism may be completely removed, and the packing gland withdrawn from the valve chamber 6 and a new one inserted at any time.

It is also important to note that in. a. simple form, as shown in Fig. 4, such as would be used in conjunction with relatively low pressure, the spring 25 andoperating sleeve 20 may be dispensed with and the cartridge removably inserted and sealed, utilizing the lock nut 28, and with just the end of valve handle extension 22 bearing on the end of valve stem IS. The contact between the valve stem and the valve handle extension may well be of small area in this case, so that there will be no tendency for the valve stem IE to rotate.

I claim: 1. A packless valve including a valve body having a valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber, a vertically disposed hollow shell in said chamber, a valve in said chamber to close off the inletfrom the outlet, said valve having a stem thereon, a yieldable elastic packing material sealed to the side walls of said shell and tothe valve stem, said packing tending to keep the valve oif the inlet, and means rotatably mounted on the valve body and related to the valve stem to move the valve into contact with the inlet.

2. A packless valve including a valve-body having a valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber, a vertically disposed hollow shell in said chamber, a valve in said chamber to close off the inlet from the outlet, said valve having a stem thereon, a yieldable elastic packing material sealed to the side walls of said shell and to the valve stem,

said packing tending to keep the valve ofi the inlet, means rotatably mounted on the valve body and related to the valve stem to move the valve into contact with the inlet, said valve including a spring actuated insert to close off said inlet when the valve handle is in the partially open position and the gas pressure in the inlet is less than the pressure of the spring on the insert.

3. A packless valve including a valve body having a valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber, a vertically disposed hollow shell in said chamber, a valve in said chamber to close off the inlet from the outlet, said valve having a stem thereon, rubber packing vulcanized to the side walls of said shell and to the valve stem, said to move the valve into contact with the inlet.

4. A packless valve including a valve body hav-' ing a valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber, a vertically disposed hollow shell in said cham ber, a valve in said chamber to close ofi the inlet from the outlet, said valve having a stem thereon, rubber packing vulcanized to the side walls of said shell and to the valve stem, said packing being yieldable in a direction parallel-to the axes of the shell and valve to resist movement of the valve toward the inlet from a selected position'of rest and to restore said valve to said selected po sition of rest from its position for engaging said' able to compensate for wear created on the face of the valve by the inlet.

5. A packless valve including a valve body having a valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber,.

a vertically disposed hollow shell in said chamber, a valve in said chamber to close off the inlet from the outlet, said valve having a stemthereon, rubber packing vulcanized to theside walls of said shell and to the valvezstem, said packing tending to keep the valve off the inlet, means rotatably mounted on the valve body and related to the valve stem to move the valve into contact with the inlet, and a spring interposed between said means and valve stem to compensate for wear created on the face of the valve by the inlet.

6. A packless valve including a valve body havinga valve chamber therein, and inlet and outlet passages communicating with said chamber, a vertically disposed and removable hollowshell in said chamber and having a peripheral shoulder thereon bearing against said body, a valve in 7 said chamber to close off the inlet from the outlet, said valve thereon extending through said shell, a yieldable elastic packing material bonded to the inner side wallof said shell and'to said valve stem, the elasticity of saidmaterial tend-' ing to keepsaid valve off said inlet, means rotating a peripheral shoulder thereon'engaging said body, a valve slidably engaging one end of said shell and positioned over said inlet, a valve stem connected to said valve and extending through said shell, a body of yieldable elastic material bonded to the side walls of said shell and to said stem, safdmaterial normally holding said valve away 'from said inlet, operating means attached to said body and movable 'to bear on the terminus of said stem to cause said material to yield sufilciently to close said inlet by said valve, and

removable means bearing against said shoulder and said body to lock said cartridge in said body and to permit removal thereof.

ROBERT: v. FORD.

mounted on said valve body and bearing on 

